§ 153A‑309.  EMS services in fire protection districts.

(a) If a service district is established under this Article for fire protection purposes under G.S. 153A‑301(2), (including a district established with a rate limitation under G.S. 153A‑309.2), and it was not also established under this Article for ambulance and rescue purposes under G.S. 153A‑301(7), the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the service district to provide emergency medical, rescue, and/or ambulance services, and may levy property taxes for such purposes under G.S. 153A‑307, but if the district was established under G.S. 153A‑309.2, the rate limitation established under that section shall continue to apply.

(b) The resolution expanding the purposes of the district under this section shall take effect at the beginning of a fiscal year commencing after its passage. (1983, c. 642; 1989, c. 559.)